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ONE of thi- nnlilest deeds of today in England is tlw raising of half a million dollars by General Kitchener to found. at Khartoum. far up the Nile. where GeneralGorilnnwas liar harously killvd January '28. 13487), the Gordon Memorial 1(3ollege for training the children ufthe fellahven the hope of Egypt. That in the Christian. and there-fann tho wisvst ()I‘R attention has been called to the fact that during the month of November there were added to the library of the University of Chicago 1,040 volummfltfij by purchase. by gift 233. and by exchange 114 vol- umes. Those are enough to make quite a reapectable library for Hume cmmnunities. THE season for calendar: has-i come again and we hope the insurance fellows will not forget the Editor. We also hope Dan Sheahen's milk- maid will get on the right side of the cow this year. To 5i! and milk on the wrong side is liable to make a cow give gargety milk. ”Hire: in New: Building, :55 (‘mmul "M7196, _Hr‘ghland l’avkdllirpm THE manufacturers of “Pillsbury‘s Best” recently filled an order to one firm in Boston “(NW hlfls. sent by special train. Boston is getting aristocratic and discarding her his- toric diet’ of baked beans ahd brown bread. Advertising rates mud: known on nppllcnflon n thls office. LEWIS B. HIBBARD. A. E. EVANS. â€" l Editor's Residence, - Business and News Ofiice. Entcrcd lcrms nmnths. l’uhllshcd II] the mu-rrsls or lhghluml l'ark, Hughwmd and lx'uvimu. ever} l“ri1L1)' nfh-rnuun IN The Highland Park News. FRIDAY DECEMBER 9 :(l a! the post ofliu‘ an llighiuml Park, “1.. as sm-vmd class nmtmr‘ EVANS 6: FORREST. $1.00 per )cm, 50 ccnlx fnr \n )crms tor thru- nuunlhs. TELEPHONES Btfslxh s MAMGER. No. 8. No. 92. LDITUR. THERE is an active volcmm in Alaska some 13,000 feet. high which lights up the country fur over fifty miles may in all (lire-ctimm that the miners can we to work all the time. Now let us get a volcano and settle tlw perplexing question of Stré‘t't and municipal lighting. From all we can learn one may arrivv m-xt spring: Now that wheelmen can ritln on tlw sidewalks tho only (-omplaint We hear is of women and children being {rightfmed by the riders coming up behind them nuisulessly (m the walk. with “w ()pvningnf navigation, you knmv ! ' THERE are, seVeral couchmen. as well as owners of teams, who leave their horses unhitched in the street, before the postâ€"office, ~storeH. at the depot. etc. contraryto the. ortlinances‘ 0f the city. For the benefit of all such, we will any the authorities have instructed the police to bring suits against the, offenders and it will cost from one to ten dollars to settle the matter. mm it 19 here Bosrox is building a new ['nion passenger railway station at an ex pense of $14.04MUNNJ. The Northâ€" western may cut of? the three right hand ciphers andput the balance in- to a new depot for the Park and we won‘t complain. Brother Hughitt, it Hi about time to do something out A lot of students in a foumlvsmni nary. not at Lake Forest, weremmle sick. A careful investigation shmv ed the-y wvre eating baking powdt-r breml. and using cheap powders. with lots of [mismmus alum in them. A seminary that uses banking puwdvr bread slmuld be close-ll by the public authoritit-s. . THE HIGHLAND PARK NEWS. way to “avenge Gordon.H Norm of your bloodthirsty. warlike “Rummy her the Muiim” in that. It will in sure for Egypt and tlw Soudan what the Robert college at Constantinople has done for Bulgaria and the(‘hri5t ian collc-gcs of India! have don» for that land. (lenvrul (Bordon will he reruvmhérml an long up time shall :13“ iajh’v; Tgty'laml: [m 'divd‘fl'lg re» (lee-In. Airmen MHi’hnLdiy.‘ , figu‘ gm Village of For! Sheridan has just insued a new edition of its ordiuuuc h‘ Ours is dated “(-0. 1, WW}. Gentle- men. if you have one later please re- ‘ member this [municipal court. or we may have to fim- you for cuntmnpt of cuurt: that is what Judge Duuley does with rvcalcitrnnts.and it “brings '91“ to." The father of a suhaltcrn in thc English army says that his son.“aftcr having had about $51K)“ spcnt on his education at a public school and he: ing crammed for his examinations by various tutors. and atiout$125ttlnor9 spent on his uniform andlndian out tit. obtained a Second Lisutcnancy. for which he receives the Inuniticcnt pay of as 3d ($1.31))a day.‘ a sum scarcely sufficient to pay for his luvs- sing. washing. and servant." In India this is increased to "()2 rupees a month but. his Pxpcnscs arc at least 240 rupccs. A balance is thus lcft on the wrong sidc, which this British parcnt has to makr good. THERE is a custom in an eastern town which might be mloptwl hvre with success. It is known as “Auction Day." On a given day every month. say the first Saturday or once a week. at a wvll known place or nuc- tion room, people who haw.- things to svll take, them and they are sold off at auction. Let, the uuctiomwr publish a list of the: articles he has for sale in Friday's paper and ewe-ry- l)o(l_y Would know what he had. Try it. gold home of his "specs." in a“ in- mlx‘ing an expense of some $3.00. besides bruised shins and general corporeal shaking up. The owner of thin walk ought to pay that hill. WE hear complaints of broken plank and lmles in some of the side- wulka. ()ne place down on Sheridan road wan»; so bad tlmtun a dark night a [nun fell into it, breaking the stalk of_l1is valuable umbrella and the Every when! should have a hell on it. theridcrs ringing it vigorously lwfure reaching pruplc ull thv walk, even though he tunm of? the walk in pass- ing ladies and children: No whm-l should he allowed on the walk that does not him; a good ulurm hell to be» used nu passing puuplé.